The waiter is charged if a customer does not pay? That is quite absurd. That’s a business loss, the owner should lose money and and not employees.
I don’t know about America, when I did that I’ve always been quite loud and nobody ever thought about calling the police.
even if you’re mad they didn’t bring your refill quick enough.
Not sure what a refill is. I did not say that if I don’t like the waiter I won’t pay, in that case it just would be absurd for me to give them a tip.
I said if I am served bad food I won’t pay, which has nothing to do with wether the waiter was nice to me.
Never seen this as theft, it may legally be. I’m sure any policeman would agree and do nothing about it anyway.
Ah in America you have to speak with the manager and basically attempt to convince them to comp your food. If the food is sufficiently subpar you can often get them to do so, though if the restaurant is just bad you’re likely to not succeed.
Not every place, many do eat the cost, but many do charge the waiter as if it’s their responsibility to stop you, yes.
It’s definitely theft. If I go into a store, open a coke, take a sip, go “eww” and walk out, the store can no longer sell that used coke and has to trash it. Same at a restaurant.
It is, and one day some policeman might stop you if they want to hassle you about it, ime they find their reasons and that’s one. But you do you, plenty people steal every day, most draw a moral line between stealing from corporations (ok) and stealing from little mom and pop places (bad) but that’s really up to you, and people can judge you according to their personal line on that.
For a policeman to stop me, the restaurant would actually have to call the police.
Never had that happen, I guess they do know they served you bad food when they do. Actually in most cases I had people saying they were sorry and would offer me a free meal next time; not that I’m coming back anyway.
The waiter is charged if a customer does not pay? That is quite absurd. That’s a business loss, the owner should lose money and and not employees.
I don’t know about America, when I did that I’ve always been quite loud and nobody ever thought about calling the police.
Not sure what a refill is. I did not say that if I don’t like the waiter I won’t pay, in that case it just would be absurd for me to give them a tip. I said if I am served bad food I won’t pay, which has nothing to do with wether the waiter was nice to me.
Never seen this as theft, it may legally be. I’m sure any policeman would agree and do nothing about it anyway.
Ah in America you have to speak with the manager and basically attempt to convince them to comp your food. If the food is sufficiently subpar you can often get them to do so, though if the restaurant is just bad you’re likely to not succeed.
Not every place, many do eat the cost, but many do charge the waiter as if it’s their responsibility to stop you, yes.
It’s definitely theft. If I go into a store, open a coke, take a sip, go “eww” and walk out, the store can no longer sell that used coke and has to trash it. Same at a restaurant.
I guess it could be theft. Won’t stop me from doing that whenever I have to.
It is, and one day some policeman might stop you if they want to hassle you about it, ime they find their reasons and that’s one. But you do you, plenty people steal every day, most draw a moral line between stealing from corporations (ok) and stealing from little mom and pop places (bad) but that’s really up to you, and people can judge you according to their personal line on that.
For a policeman to stop me, the restaurant would actually have to call the police. Never had that happen, I guess they do know they served you bad food when they do. Actually in most cases I had people saying they were sorry and would offer me a free meal next time; not that I’m coming back anyway.
You’re free to judge.
Well that’s good, but might not always work that way, one day one may call.
Sure, not too worried.